Monkey: That's a good one. Yeah, it's all sacreligious. Because the world has a German pope now, I figured some good ol' German church-bashing would be a nice touch.posted by klangklangston at 6:18 AM on April 20, 2005

what immediately got my attention was the caricature of the bulldog with the broken chain. that was on the cover of a book i had that was filled with anti-facsist articles and cartoons. the book was a compilation of a magazine from the Weimar days up until about 1934 or 1935, when it seemed to cease publication (wonder why?)

The magazine was called Simplicissimus. I mention it because the last time I remeber seeing that book was when YOU took it to school for show & tell!posted by beelzbubba at 10:25 PM on April 21, 2005

A little more research confirmed for me that the artist on that Simplicissimus dog was Thomas Theodor Heine He did most of the political art for the magazine. It was among the books that your grandfather passed on to me.posted by beelzbubba at 10:30 PM on April 21, 2005

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